Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Icahn-Yang partnership

This is non-news. The real news is that Icahn has just joined YHOO board. Now look for Icahn to turn the screws on MSFT by blessing the YHOO-GOOG partnership. Icahn knows how desperate Ballmer is, because he has been "negotiating" with Ballmer. Get ready to see the Icahn-Yang partnership in action.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Future of YHOO

Henry, best way to deal with those kind of comments is to ignore them. I have been following your coverage very closely and I can say without any hesitation that your coverage has been honest and unbiased.

Just waiting for a bad day on the market to initiate a position in YHOO. Through its schizophrenic behavior, MSFT has amply shown that it would definitely end up acquiring YHOO at some point. Yang and Bostock winning has ensured that MSFT would have to pay a pretty penny in a deal that guarantees valuation. However, it would take a couple of bad quarters from MSFT to push them over the edge, so it has to be a long-term play, which is quite typical of Icahn's investments (e.g. Imclone).

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